Headed North

John Brantley is really getting around lately.  He is still predominately crawling, but he is walking too.  He has taken anywhere from 8-10 steps before reaching his destination or crashing. 

 Ford loves a bath.  Sometimes we have to take one mid-morning just to pass the time.

 There aren't enough cabinet locks to keep Bitty out of my stuff.

 Johnny B had a diaper malfunction the other morning.  I asked Trey to bathe him and this is what I got.

 Ford takes his teeth brushing very seriously.

 Ford has been out of school for about 3 weeks and just because its summer doesn't mean that he is free from school work.  Even though we are holding him back doesn't mean that I don’t want him to keep learning.  He can read, recognize, and spell 6 words now: yes, no, go, stop, on, off.  I figure if we try to learn 2-4 “sight words” a week we will be doing good.  He doesn't exactly love doing his “homework”.

 Ford loves to help with “fun” jobs.  I guess collecting laundry is considered fun.  John Brantley enjoyed the ride!!

 This $8.00 swimming pool was a fantastic investment.  This is our third summer to use it.  The water is still a little too cold for me, but the boys sure don’t mind!

 Yesterday was Memorial Day.  That being a holiday, Trey’s office was closed.  Normally when the office is “closed” Fancy still seems to mosey on up there.  I put my foot down and said it was “Family Fun Day”.  We headed north to the zoo!!!

 Yes, there are signs ALL over the large animals that ask you NOT to climb on them.  We don’t listen too well.

 When we finally let Bitty out of the stroller he was making cave man sounds at all the animals.  He was telling them something for sure.

 Thank goodness for the double stroller!!!!

 Ford needed to go swimming at Puddin and Pop’s house yesterday afternoon.  The water was too cold for anyone to get in with John Brantley. 

So we found him the water table   

 Ford is taking swimming lessons this week for his third summer in a row.  He is quite the little negotiator and when the teacher would tell him to do something he’d try to cut a deal with her or tell her he was going home.  Today he got really mad at swimming lessons.  She asked Ford to push off of the steps in the shallow end with his feet and swim to her.  Well, she kept backing up and by the time he got to her he was MAD.  His attitude was pretty much shot then and we were only half way through the lesson for today.